The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario released a statement Thursday in support of the anti-Israel university encampments across Canada and the U.S.
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Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has started a protest encampment at the University of Manitoba to show solidarity with Palestinians.
Hamilton Centre’s Independent Ontario MPP Sarah Jama had one more thing to say after speaking to a pro-Palestine protest encampment at McMaster University on Monday.
Fingers crossed that pro-Israel supporters have mercy and don’t show up armed with bananas at the three-day pro-Palestinian anti-Jew hate-fest, that kicked off Tuesday at the University of Manitoba (U of M).
A leaked document from York University’s politics department claims that supporting Israel’s existence “upholds global white supremacy.”
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